Episode Detail: Pilot Episode - Just Cause
In Part 1 of the two-part pilot, Alex is released from prison and uses her law degree to get a job working for attorney Hamilton Whitney III on a wrongful-termination suit that becomes a murder case. Meanwhile, Alex employs a lawyer to locate her daughter, who's in hiding with her husband; and asks Whitney to help her secure the governor's pardon. Whitney: Richard Thomas. Alex: Lisa Lackey. James Stearn: Ian Robison. Heller: Shaun Benson.